Sketches of Sydney, Snowy Region and South Coast New South Wales, by Ernest Marcuse

PXD 1673

fonds

approximately 1965-1976

Graphic Materials, Drawings

9684359

36 drawings - oil pastel, gouache, coloured fibre-tipped pens and ballpoint pen over pencil - 29 x 42 cm or smaller
3 sketchbooks (61 drawings) - oil pastel, gouache, coloured fibre-tipped pens and ballpoint pen over pencil - 27 x 37 cm (A2 format) or smaller

Ernest Marcuse (1900-1985) was born in Berlin, Germany and studied at the Berlin School of Interior Design and Cabinetmaking and the Reimann School then worked as a freelance commercial artist. Marcuse fled Nazi Germany and migrated to Australia as a refugee, however was not interned, 1939.

Marcuse was employed by The Argus focusing on war themes and events and then employed by the Australian Army creating artworks for officer training manuals, 1942-1945. Post war, he resumed freelance work and painted landmark locations around Melbourne and Sydney in his spare time.

Reference:
Library acquisition file

SERIES 1
Sketches of Sydney views

SERIES 2
Sketchbooks of Snowy Region and South Coast New South Wales locations

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Peter Marcuse
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Peter Marcuse